Contributing sermons since Jul 1, 2004

Education: B.C.A. degree in Bible from Southwestern Assemblies of God University.
M.A. in Missions from Oral Roberts University.
2 years post-graduate studies in African Culture at the University of Ghana.
Currently persuing D.Min at Kings Seminary in So. Cal.

Experience: 20 years serving congregations in the USA and 20 years serving congreations and national leadership in Africa.

Family: I have been married to my wife, Margaret, for 39 years. We started in ministry when we were teenagers! We have one daughter who is married and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (There are two grandsons...but, don’t mention that in the presence of my wife unless you are prepared to hear grandkid stories).

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Contributed on Jul 16, 2018

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Abram and Sarai are desperate for an heir. So desperate, in fact, that they are willing to try anything...and, do. As life spins out of control the impact of their poor choices affects more than just their own relationship. But, God shows up as a searching and seeking God.

A Runaway Is Found, A Poor Decision Is Exposed, And Faithful People are Tested.
Text: Genesis 16: 1-16
16 Sarai, Abram’s wife, hadn’t yet produced a child. She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram, “God has not seen fit to let me have a child. Sleep with my maid. Maybe I can
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Contributed on Sep 14, 2017

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Men in general…and, Christian men in particular…have a need to look good. We need to appear to be in control. But, in truth we are very much like ducks gliding along on a pond…we look serene…and calm…but, underneath we are paddling like mad.

Father’s Day June 2016
How To Be A Champion With God
Introduction:
!. Thank people for the kind acceptance they have extended to us.
2. Father’s Day story about my Dad. (The time he confronted some street gang in church).
A Foreword to what I am going to share with you: Men
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Contributed on Feb 20, 2017

Our society values inclusiveness and acceptance. But sometimes the Bible presents us with a God that divides and separates. James 4:1=12 seems to be one of these passages. Or, is it?

In our society one of the worst things that can be said of us is, “They are so divisive”. Our society is all about inclusiveness. We are all about acceptance; all about respecting differences; all about making room for all.
That is what makes preaching from James 4:1-12 difficult. It is so
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Contributed on Jul 4, 2004

This is a "Great Commission" message that I have preached in the USA this year to congregations ranging from 700 to 2500 in Attendance. It has a bit of a post-modern twist to it.

The Three “D’s” of Purpose
Introduction:
Of course some people here might we wondering, “WHY did pastor have a MISSIONARY come and speak here this MORNING/EVENING?”
Illus: My Dad had a schoolmate from Bible College and he was known as the missionary who always preached the RIGHT length
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Contributed on Jul 3, 2004

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I preach weekly to a congregation that sometimes include Muslims and Hindus who are coming out of curiosity. This is a Christological sermon for sure.

The Suffering Servant
Text: Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 form for us a wonderful picture of the Lord Jesus Christ
The Old Testament is full of “Types and Shadows” of what is to come in the New Testament. These “Types and Shadows” were meant to prepare us for the reality
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Contributed on Sep 27, 2017

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At the age of 3 years old, our family lived with my maternal grandparents while my father was in seminary. One day the kid living next-door to us came up to me and said, “Greg Fisher I am going to give you a bloody nose.” The next thing that happened—when he did, in fact, punch me in the
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Contributed on Jul 1, 2004

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When I lived in Ghana I remember hearing about a certain man. He lived in a village near Kumasi that is known for the production of kinte cloth. You know these Ghanaians dress very smartly in their kinte cloth. This particular man was very talented at cloth weaving, and designed and wove a very
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Contributed on Jul 1, 2004

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Zanzibar is an old city in East Africa. A city with an unfortunate past. It is filled with ornate architecture, and it is the home of the Swahili Institute, the official guardians of the Kiswahili language. But, for nearly 300 years it was the home of something else. It was the home of one of
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